VIDEO: Multiple law enforcement agencies and first responders will be gathering at Georgia Southern over the next couple of days for an active shooter response training. Sixty-five first responders from federal, state, and local agencies are practicing what they will do during high-risk incidents. Participants say they are training for what they hope they never have to do. “What they practice now will help them save lives in the event of a real emergency,” said Adam Pendley, one of the training instructors. Georgia Southern applied for the grant to receive this training from Homeland Security back in January and was one of the 36 places picked out of the nation. The participants represent 13 different agencies from federal, state, and local Bulloch County agencies. Instructor Adam Pendley says that effective communication between all these different agencies on the scene of a shooting is the whole point of this training over the next three days.
